Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
Nancy Reagan
Tag Archives: growth
Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Rowen
Pronunciation: /’rouən,ˈrōən/
Definition: (noun)
1) a second growth of grass or hay in one season.
2) A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
Etymology: Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French regain ‘an increase.’
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1790: Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor.
Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Equivoque
Pronunciation: /ˈekwəvōk,ˈēkwəˌvōk/
Definition: (noun)
1) an equivocal term; an ambiguous expression.
2) a play on words; pun.
3) double meaning; ambiguity.
Etymology: Equivoque entered English in the late 1300s, and was originally spelled equivoc. It derives from the Late Latin term aequivocus meaning “ambiguous.”
Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Benthos
Definition: (noun)
1) the flora and fauna on the bottom of a sea or lake
Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Hypogeal
Definition: (adj)
1) underground; subterranean
2) occurring or living below the surface of the ground
3) botany of or relating to seed germination in which the cotyledons remain below the ground, because of the growth of the epicotyl
On this Day in History
On this Day in History in 1861: US creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territory.
